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The nice thing about them.is they are so versatile! I've got several - they can sit in full on light, full flow, low PAR, low flow, etc!
 

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Plating right?
Sort of. Depends on flow, light, etc. Mine grows like a Digitata! Plate, encrust, and sticks. The original colony was very much like a Tabling Acro. Each of the frags I pulled from it grow more vertical and not much basing out or crusting.
 
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pretty sure I've pegged my alk consumption to 2ppm a day. Not blistering, but kinda nice that I can measure it. It's within the margin of error, but I tracked daily over 8 days and had a 2ppm drop every day but the one I had a 3ppm drop.
Now, smart people, is it worth it to figure out evaporation and add alk to the ATO, or can I just dose another 15ppm weekly? It's about a .75dkh shift when I would dose.
 

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I'm not smart but I make sure my ATO is at 0 alk. When I had alk in my top off water it raised fast.
 

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pretty sure I've pegged my alk consumption to 2ppm a day. Not blistering, but kinda nice that I can measure it. It's within the margin of error, but I tracked daily over 8 days and had a 2ppm drop every day but the one I had a 3ppm drop.
Now, smart people, is it worth it to figure out evaporation and add alk to the ATO, or can I just dose another 15ppm weekly? It's about a .75dkh shift when I would dose.
I would just dose an additional 15 ppm per week. I'm not a fan of using ato for anything aside from topoff. Any variation in your evaporation can cause wild fluctuations in your parameters. Just my thoughts.
 
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I'm not smart but I make sure my ATO is at 0 alk. When I had alk in my top off water it raised fast.
It seems easier to do that, then I don't need to know how much is in the ato bucket when I refill.
 
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I would just dose an additional 15 ppm per week. I'm not a fan of using ato for anything aside from topoff. Any variation in your evaporation can cause wild fluctuations in your parameters. Just my thoughts.
That's a good idea too. i am in the probably bad habit of adding extra water to the sump so I don't need to fill the ato as frequently.
 
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How would water changes factor in? If you are in that camp.
I should do them more. I have a poor ro filter for the size of tank and it takes the better part of 16 hours to get 10 gallons. I haven't tested my salt lately so I don't know what I'm mixing in. That's probably step one.
 

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I should do them more. I have a poor ro filter for the size of tank and it takes the better part of 16 hours to get 10 gallons. I haven't tested my salt lately so I don't know what I'm mixing in. That's probably step one.
Not necessarily though. I rarely do water er changes and my only filter is socks and a skimmer that I run for 6 hours a day (4 times for 1.5 hours).
 

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I should do them more. I have a poor ro filter for the size of tank and it takes the better part of 16 hours to get 10 gallons. I haven't tested my salt lately so I don't know what I'm mixing in. That's probably step one.
Far be it from me to boast buuuuut I can make 10 gallons of RO water in about 7 minutes.
 

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Far be it from me to boast buuuuut I can make 10 gallons of RO water in about 7 minutes.
Kidney filtered beers do not equal RO, Chris. We've been over this a million times...
 

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Then I have been doing this all wrong this whole time... which would explain a few things... :thinking-face:
The good news is your tank really processes ammonia good!
 

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Then I have been doing this all wrong this whole time... which would explain a few things... :thinking-face:
Way back in the day, it was not unheard of to pee in your tank in-order-to kick start the cycle.
 

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Then I have been doing this all wrong this whole time... which would explain a few things... :thinking-face:
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Kidney filtered beers do not equal RO, Chris. We've been over this a million times...
You say that as though you are surprised that I keep forgetting. At my age and with all the beer and whiskey filtering I’ve done, it’s amazing I can remember what my name is anymore.
 

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You say that as though you are surprised that I keep forgetting. At my age and with all the beer and whiskey filtering I’ve done, it’s amazing I can remember what my name is anymore.
Funny ,how i just asked you to remember something age related elsewhere... :grinning-face-with-big-eyes:
where ?? dunno...;)
 

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